ORDEK PASSEEES. 233 



Range. — Western North America. Breeds from southern British 

 Columbia, southern Mackenzie, southwestern Keewatin, and northern 

 Minnesota south to southern California, Arizona, Jalisco, Michoacan, 

 and Valley of Toluca, Mexico, and east to southern Wisconsin, central 

 lowa^ northern Illinois, and Indiana; winters from southwestern 

 California, southern Arizona, and southwestern Louisiana south in 

 Mexico to Jalisco, Michoacan, and Puebla; accidental in Greenland 

 and in various eastern localities from Ontario and Quebec to South 

 Carolina, Florida, and Cuba. 



Genus AGELAIUS Vieillot. 



Agelams Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, 33. Type, by subs, desig., "Troupiale 

 commandeur, Bu£fon" = Oriolus phaniceus Linnaeus (Gray, 1840). 



Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus). 



Range. — North America from central Mackenzie south to Costa 

 Rica. 



a. Agelaius phoeniceus phceniceus (Linn^us). Bed- winged Blackbird. 



[498.] 



Oriolus phoeniceus Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1, 1766, 161. (Carolina.) 



Range. — North America east of the Great Plains, except Gulf coast and 

 Florida. Breeds from Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Quebec southward; winters 

 mainly south of Ohio and Delaware valleys, locally north to Massachusetts. 



b. Agelaius phoeniceus sonoriensis Ridgway. Sonora Bed-wing. [498a.] 



Agelaius phoeniceus sonoriensis Ridgwat, Manual N. A. Birds, 1887, 370. 

 (Camp Grant, Arizona.) 



Rangb.^ Southern California (Lower Colorado Valley) and southern 

 Arizona, and south over the coastal plain of Sonora to Tepic. 



c. Agelaius phceniceus brjanti Ridgwat. Bahama Bed-wing. [4986.] 



Agelaius phomiceus bryanti Ridgway, Manual N. A. Birds, 1887, 370. 

 (Abaco Island, Bahamas.) 



Range. — Southeastern coast of Florida, Florida Keys to Key West, and 

 the Bahamas. 



